-BBH New York remembers and pays tribute to Griffin Farley, the agency’s strategy director who passed away after a bout with cancer a few months ago, by launching the “Griffin Farley Search for Beautiful Minds.” link
-Boston-based Allen & Gerritsen has acquired Philadelphia-based agency Neiman (you know, these guys). As a result, staff count is now approximately 200 and A&G’s corporate HQ remains in Boston while the R&D unit will be based in Philly. link
-Arnold Amsterdam has hired TBWA\Chiat\Day LA alum Gregg Clampffer as a creative director.
-WPP and Twitter have formed a global partnership in which the former will integrate tweet data into its media/analytics tools. link
-Philly-based agency Red Tettemer + Partners is the latest to climb the Vine in a new effort for TuB Gin (above, second Vine clip here).
-Former DoubleClick/Google exec Brandon Paine and Advertising.com/AOL alum Jerome Underhill have joined ad tech platform AppNexus as VP/global accounts and VP/service & operations, EMEA, respectively.